Combine soy, honey, sesame, garlic and ginger in a shallow dish. Add beef and turn to coat. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 4 hours, turning occasionally.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 190°C. Remove beef from dish, discarding marinade, and pat dry with paper towel. Heat sunfl ower oil in a large roasting pan over mediumhigh heat. Add the beef and sear on all sides. Transfer to the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes for medium-rare (or until cooked to your liking). Set aside to cool.

Step 3

Just before serving, spread chopped herbs on a large sheet of baking paper. Brush beef with sweet chilli and roll in herbs, pressing to coat. Serve thickly sliced, and garnish with shiso if desired.

This beef came out just like to picture. Easy to cook. Great for a crowd. Got a great reaction from the guests when I needed something special with no time. Marinades drive the flavour in a beautiful direction. Will use this one again for the Christmas table. Lots of bang with not a great deal of effort.

5charlie56 added this comment at
02:54pm Sun 11th March, 2012

one of the best dishes I have ever tried

4.5mischa1 added this comment at
06:55am Fri 17th February, 2012

Love this receipe, super tender and the burst of flavour from the herbs is great.

5Mmmarisa added this comment at
10:57am Mon 6th February, 2012

This is the second time I have made this so I thought it warranted a review considering the feedback. It really is an easy, high impact dish. It is really delicious, tender and different to your usual roast beef dishes. Both times my guests have raved about it and my husband thinks it the best beef dish I cook. If you plan on serving it for a dinner party I recommend having all the fresh herbs washed dried and pre-cut. They stick to the beef much better if they are dry. I served this as part of a modern Asian inspired dinner with coconut and ginger rice and Asian coleslaw. For Entree i served pot sticker dumplings and endamame. Also cooked mine for an additional 15 minutes.

5koyleegee added this comment at
01:53pm Tue 8th November, 2011

Awesome marinade, will be doing this regularly

5amy_lou added this comment at
09:27am Sun 18th July, 2010

Great dish - we loved it! The balsamic glaze was yummy!
The meat was a little overcooked, but probably because I used the baking dish to brown the meat and then put it in the oven. Next time would check after 20 minutes.

5keryn63 rated this recipe at
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5marzyl added this comment at
12:56pm Tue 2nd February, 2010

This was divine! Made it for a dinner party and all loved it. Am not a huge fan of sweet chilli sauce but found this added a subtle flavour and did not overpower the meat - will definitely make it again. Meat cut is pricey but, as a special treat, 'tis worth the effort and price.

5novicenerd added this comment at
02:45pm Mon 1st February, 2010

This was the first roast I'd ever made and it turned out great! Like other people I only used 500g which was more than enough for four people, and cooked it for 25 minutes so it came out medium-rare. Would definately make again.

3.5stumpy208 added this comment at
10:30pm Sun 24th January, 2010

Made this for Christmas lunch, couldn't afford $70 for 2 kg of eye fillet so used a 1.5kg piece of 100 day aged rump(centre piece same shape as the eye fillet). Meat was lovely and tender but even with an extra 15min in the oven it was still a bit bloody in the middle. The herbs didn't stick to the meat as in the picture, they seemed to slide off the sides a bit but all in all it was pretty pretty good. Served with the herbed smashed potatoes found on this site and they went together well.

5SGP added this comment at
10:29am Wed 9th December, 2009

Sensational! Really easy and lovely clean flavours. Will probably cook for slightly longer next time as was possibly a little under-done for some in the house. Left overs were outstanding with an Asian salad. Plan on making it again starting tonight, and then for Xmas lunch!

4.5My_Nam_Frip added this comment at
12:23am Fri 26th December, 2008

Crowd Pleaser!
One of the best meals I have made for a while! Impressed myself!

5katiepepper added this comment at
12:41pm Sun 21st December, 2008

I made this for dinner last night, but of course I didn't read the recipe properly until about 7pm, so marinated it for only about 10 minutes before cooking, then decided not to pat off the marinade before throwing on the sizzling hot pan, which caused the kitchen to fill with smoke and much amusement for the others. I popped it in the oven for only about 15-20 mins (unlike other people who seemed to need to cook it for longer, mine was just right!). I used fresh mint, parsley, basil and coriander for the fresh herbs (straight from the garden) and served on smashed potatoes with butter and a little dash of cream, and a drizzle of the cooking juice mixed with the leftover marinade (I'm not scared of germs). I thought that my huge piece of beef would easily give us lots of leftovers but the three of us managed to eat the lot. It was wonderous! 10/10. Would be a magnificent Christmas lunch dish.

5mummymagic added this comment at
10:09pm Fri 31st October, 2008

Magnificent! I would make this recipe again without hesitation.

4.5rcerra added this comment at
03:06pm Sat 24th May, 2008

this was really delicious. Cooked for hubby's birthday. he loved it. agreed with all above re timing of cooking

5Maugosh added this comment at
08:03pm Sat 10th May, 2008

I am marinating it already for Mother's Day lunch !!!
I am so excited to find that recipe online - someone "borrowed" my favourite Dec06 delicious - we had wonderful Christmas with recipes from that issue... My fab Mother in law has also the issue but since this is supposed to be a surprise lunch I wasn't able to ask her for it... Thanks Valli - you've nailed it again (no need for interpretation - just simple easy and perfectly balanced! sure to impress!)

4.5beauty added this comment at
08:37pm Sun 24th February, 2008

marinated it overnight as we ended up going out after i started the marinade process. cooked quickly and was extremely tender and moist. Did not have coriander so used some mint,basil and parsley ok but will try coriander next time

3katygibson added this comment at
12:59pm Sat 29th December, 2007

Marinade & herb crust were tasty.
The 2kg Rib eye fillet i used was very expensive, i'd just use these flavours on a normal beef roast next time.
The timings were way under - we cooked it for at least double the time & it was still medium/rare.

5KathyK added this comment at
05:22pm Fri 21st December, 2007

this is just THE BEST recipe!!!! And thank goodness I found it on the website - have moved house since last Christmas a can't find the box with the recipe!

5RivaBlue added this comment at
08:29am Mon 15th October, 2007

This was so easy to make and tasted amazing. For the size recommended in the recipe you would need to cook a bit longer. I made this with 500g meat for 2 people and cooked for the above recommended time and it was medium rare. I made up a sauce with some sesame oil, soy sauce and sweet soy sauce and drizzled on the top when sliced. I also served this with smashed potatoes roasted with red onion and pinenuts. It looked fantastic and tasted it too.

4Deballantyne added this comment at
05:52am Sun 6th May, 2007

This was really tasty. It took a lot longer to cook though and I did wonder whether it needed a sauce or chutney to accompany it.